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administrative proceeding, or as required by law. In some cases, we may also disclose your PHI to law enforcement agencies, or in response to a discovery request, subpoena, or other lawful process. Workers’ Compensation: We may use and disclose your PHI as authorized by and to the extent necessary to comply with laws related to workers’ compensation or similar programs. Inmates and Correctional Institutions: We may disclose your PHI to correctional officers and law enforcement officials if necessary to provide you with health care, to protect your health and safety or the health and safety of others, and to protect the safety and security of the correctional institution. Military and Veterans: We may use and disclose your PHI if you are a member of the Armed Forces or to a foreign military if certain criteria are met. Research: The SUNY College of Optometry is committed to the improvement of health care, in part, through research involving human subjects. We may use and disclose your PHI without your written authorization for research purposes if the research is approved through a special review process where it is determined that the use or disclosure of your PHI in the research activity poses minimal risk to your privacy. This is achieved, in part, by removing most, if not all, of the information that has the potential to identify you. YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING YOUR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your PHI, to provide you with a notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and to notify you in the event that we discover a breach of PHI. As a patient, you have the rights set forth below regarding your PHI. While we will endeavor to grant your request, there are circumstances where we will not be able to do so. In those circumstances, we will provide you with a written explanation of our reason for denying the request. Please submit any requests identified below to the Privacy Officer by email at compliance@sunyopt.edu or by calling (212) 938-4030. Right to Request Confidential Communication: You have the right to request that we communicate with you about your health care or medical matters through a reasonable alternative way or at an alternative location. Right to Request Restrictions on Use and Disclosures: You have the right to request that we limit certain uses and disclosure of your PHI, such as limiting the information that we share with family or friends involved in your care, or by not sharing information with your insurance company if you are paying fully out of pocket. Right to Access Your Health Information: You have the right to request access to and obtain a copy of your health information, except for psychotherapy notes and information pertaining to an ongoing clinical trial. We may impose a reasonable fee to cover the costs of copying the records. We will notify you of any anticipated fees prior to sending the records, if production of the records will be delayed, or if the health information cannot be provided in the requested format. Right to Amend Your Records: You have the right, for as long as the information is kept in our records, to request an amendment to your health information if you

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